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SCIENTIFIC MEETING PROGRAM

The Politics of Psychoanalytic Lexicography or how to save our language from "court fops, half-witted poets, and university boys"

Tuesday, March 12, 2013
8:00 PM

Elizabeth Auchincloss, M.D. and Eslee Samberg, M.D.

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The Politics of Psychoanalytic Lexicography or how to save our language from "court fops, half-witted poets, and university boys"

Drawing upon their experience as co-editors-in-chief of the recently published Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts (fourth edition), Elizabeth Auchincloss and Eslee Samberg explore the interface between psychoanalytic lexicography, theory and politics.

In the last twenty years the task of defining psychoanlytic terms and concepts has become ever more challenging as theoretical pluralism and postmodern perspectives dominate the intellectual and cultural terrain. Drawing upon their experience as co-editors-in-chief of the recently published Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts (fourth edition), Elizabeth Auchincloss and Eslee Samberg explore the interface between psychoanalytic lexicography, theory and politics. They place their discussion within the historical and cultural context of language politics past and present. The presenters use Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts as a “case report” to highlight these issues, describing specific problems and controversies generated and their strategies for finding resolution among points of view.

Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts (fourth edition) is a hybrid of dictionary, encyclopedia, annotated bibliography, textbook, and intellectual history. The volume explicates psychoanalytic terms and concepts used in the discourse of contemporary North American English-speaking clinical psychoanalysis. The overriding mission of the volume is to help those interested in psychoanalysis achieve a better understanding of the terms we use to describe the human mind and interaction with other human minds in everyday life, development, psychopathology, and the clinical setting. It was conjointly published in Oct 2012 by the American Psychoanalytic Association and Yale University Press.

Educational Objectives: After attending, participants should be able to:

1. describe the political issues involved in defining psychoanalytic terms and concepts and how the editors negotiated them.

2. describe the history of psychoanalytic lexicography and the political issues connected with it.

Information regarding CME credit for physicians

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of \\\\\\\\[2\\\\\\\\] AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Information regarding CE credit for psychologists

Who Should Attend: Mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and licensed psychotherapists)

APA-approved CE Credits:
Psychologists: The New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. NYPSI maintains responsibility for this program and its content. APA-approved CE credits are granted to participants with documented attendance and completed evaluation forms. After submitting a completed evaluation form, attendees will receive a pdf documenting credit via email.

Persons with disabilities: The building is wheelchair accessible and has an elevator. Please notify the registrar in advance if you require accommodations.

DISCLOSURE: None of the planners or presenters of this CE program has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.